Comments on: Arduino blimp http://hackaday.com/2008/03/04/arduino-blimp/ Fresh hacks every day Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:38:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: me http://hackaday.com/2008/03/04/arduino-blimp/comment-page-1/#comment-32072 me Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:19:30 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/03/04/arduino-blimp/#comment-32072 Yikes... I enclosed that in /arduino rant tags, but they got eaten..... Yikes… I enclosed that in /arduino rant tags, but they got eaten…..

]]> By: me http://hackaday.com/2008/03/04/arduino-blimp/comment-page-1/#comment-32071 me Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:18:09 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/03/04/arduino-blimp/#comment-32071 #6 -<br>teebs, I think thats MAKE... Lately, hackaday has been my main refuge from arduino project centric MAKE. <br><br><br><br><br>There are very few microcontroller projects on MAKE at all these days, but when there is an occasional project, it is either a Arduino project, or accompanied by a comment saying "gee, this would be even more awesome with a arduino". Given the position of the arduino on the microcontroller food-chain, isn't that like saying everything is awesome-er in Java?<br><br>I was so happy to read in the comments of one post that my fellow geeks felt the same way. Yes, Arduino is great if you absolutely can't be bothered to spend a day learning to program a real micro, but doesn't that nullify any past or future-potential geek credentials??<br><br>This is in no way a rant against this project, or hackaday for posting it. There is obviously a bunch of work that went into this project besides some Arduino sample code.<br><br> #6 -
teebs, I think thats MAKE… Lately, hackaday has been my main refuge from arduino project centric MAKE.

There are very few microcontroller projects on MAKE at all these days, but when there is an occasional project, it is either a Arduino project, or accompanied by a comment saying “gee, this would be even more awesome with a arduino”. Given the position of the arduino on the microcontroller food-chain, isn’t that like saying everything is awesome-er in Java?

I was so happy to read in the comments of one post that my fellow geeks felt the same way. Yes, Arduino is great if you absolutely can’t be bothered to spend a day learning to program a real micro, but doesn’t that nullify any past or future-potential geek credentials??

This is in no way a rant against this project, or hackaday for posting it. There is obviously a bunch of work that went into this project besides some Arduino sample code.

]]> By: Teebs http://hackaday.com/2008/03/04/arduino-blimp/comment-page-1/#comment-32070 Teebs Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:40:29 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/03/04/arduino-blimp/#comment-32070 You should rename this site the "Arduino/CNC blog" You should rename this site the “Arduino/CNC blog”

]]> By: norm http://hackaday.com/2008/03/04/arduino-blimp/comment-page-1/#comment-32069 norm Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:19:29 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/03/04/arduino-blimp/#comment-32069 "former" and "vice" kind of make him less important than a flying robot.. my $0.02 though.. “former” and “vice” kind of make him less important than a flying robot.. my $0.02 though..

]]> By: Will O\'Brien http://hackaday.com/2008/03/04/arduino-blimp/comment-page-1/#comment-32068 Will O\'Brien Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:52:00 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/03/04/arduino-blimp/#comment-32068 I haven't seriously checked into attending TED, but I like to think that I can usually pull things off if I really want to. I haven’t seriously checked into attending TED, but I like to think that I can usually pull things off if I really want to.

]]> By: phishinphree http://hackaday.com/2008/03/04/arduino-blimp/comment-page-1/#comment-32067 phishinphree Wed, 05 Mar 2008 08:28:57 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/03/04/arduino-blimp/#comment-32067 i thought ted was invite only. i thought ted was invite only.

]]> By: macegr http://hackaday.com/2008/03/04/arduino-blimp/comment-page-1/#comment-32066 macegr Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:30:13 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/03/04/arduino-blimp/#comment-32066 you don't casually squeeze ted into your schedule unless you have six thousand dollars to spare. you don’t casually squeeze ted into your schedule unless you have six thousand dollars to spare.

]]> By: Skyler Orlando http://hackaday.com/2008/03/04/arduino-blimp/comment-page-1/#comment-32065 Skyler Orlando Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:27:07 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/03/04/arduino-blimp/#comment-32065 That's a shame that the AC had to go and ruin it in front of all those high-caliber individuals. Ah well, such is life, I suppose. [philosophical babbling removed]<br><br>It looks like a cool blimp, though, even if it did get blown away. That’s a shame that the AC had to go and ruin it in front of all those high-caliber individuals. Ah well, such is life, I suppose. [philosophical babbling removed]

It looks like a cool blimp, though, even if it did get blown away.

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